Supporting-bar for glass or tiling.



Patented out-29,1901. L. SBORIGI.

SUPPORTING BAR FOR GLASS 0B TILING.

(Application filed Aug. 30. 1901.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEONARD SBORIGI, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SUPPORTING-BAR FOR-GLASS OR'TILI'NG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 685,647, dated October29, 1901. Applioatlen filed August 30, 1901i Serial No. 73,795. (NoinodelJ' To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEONARD SBORIGI, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the countyand State of New York, have invented a new and useful ImprovementinSupporting-Bars for Glass or Tiling, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a supporting-bar for panes ofglass or blocks or sections of tiling so constructed that said bar willwithstand great strain and will firmly hug the material received undershock or pressure and to provide a construction of the characterdescribed which will be simple, durable, and economic and applicable tooutside or sash bars as well as to inside or intermediate bars.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims. Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters ofreferonce indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of an inner or intermediatebar having the improvement applied. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of theimproved outer or sash form of the bar. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are transversesections through inner or intermediate bars differing slightly inconstruction; and Fig. 6 is a transverse section through the outer orsash bar-,varying slightly in construction from that shown in Fig. 2.

, An intermediate or inner bar A is shown in Figs. 1, 3, 4, and 5, andunder the construction shown in each of the said figures the bar A ismade from a single piece of material, sheet metal being preferred, andpreferably a metal such as brass, copper, or zinc. Each bar consists ofa web a, comprising two or more members, and in the construction shownin Figs. 1, 3, and 4: the members of the web a are two in number, 10 and11. In addition to the webin all of the figures above referred to thebar consists of an upper and a lower arched or dome-shapedcap-section,which sections are designated, respectively, the uppersection as 12 and the lower section as 13, and

these sections are tubular, since they are pro- .duced by bending thematerial upon itself.

At the upper cap-section 12 a longitudinal opening 14 is provided,through which the member 11 of the web at extends up into the centralportion of the upper cap-section 12 to an engagementwith the inner faceof the iongitudinal center thereof or to a point near said inner face,whereas the other or parallel section 10 of the web a extends fromtheunder face 15 of the upper cap-section to the upper face 15 of thelower cap-section, as is clearly shown in said Figs. 1, 3, and 4. Itwill thus be observed that the member 11 of the web strengthens theupper cap-section 12 to such an extent that it will withstand anyordinary strain that it maybe called upon to bear, and the spacesbetween the lower faces 15 of the upper cap-section l2 and the-opposingfaces 15 of the lower cap-section 13 are adapted to receive the edges ofthe panes of glass or blocks of tiling material of any description,pottery, &c.

There isa slight ditferencein the construction shown in Figs, 1 and 3,which difier ence consists in that the upper portion 16 of the webmember 11, which enters the upper capsection 12, is not straight, but isbent at an angle to the main or upright portion of the said member, theobject of such bend being to strengthen the cap-section 12 undercircumstances of use wherein the straight form of the entering member ofthe said web-section 11 (shown in Fig. 1) would not be desirable orwould not accomplish the desired end.

In Fig. 4 another slight deviation is observable, in that theentering-section 17 of the web member 11 is carried at right angles tothe main portion of said member within the cap-section 12 and paralleland immedi ately over and under the inner member of the saidcap-section, and in some instances this latter form of the device is tohemeferred.

In Fig. 5 I have illustrated a form of the device in which both of thecap-sections 12 and 13 are given additional strength, and under suchconstruction the web a is in three sections-two outer sections 18 and 19and an inner section 20the outer section 19 being carried up intothecap-section 12 and then returned downward between the outer sections18 and 19 and into the lower capsection 13. It is obvious that underthis form of the device the device can also be made ofa single piece ofmaterial properly bent and that the members of the web a are parallel.

In Fig. 2 I have illustrated a form B of the device which isparticularly adapted to be introduced into the sash-rails or the outerrail of a frame for the purpose of holding in place an edge of a pane ofglass or an edge of a block or piece of tiling or similar articles. Tothat end the web a extends from the upper or inner face of a hollowcap-section 13 and into an opposing hollow cap-section 12, the pane ofglass or other material being received between the opposing faces 15 ofthe two cap-sections at the outer side of the web member or section a;but instead of the web and cap sections or members being duplicated atboth sides of this form of bar the bar is given an angular form a at itsouter side, whereby it may be introduced into a groove or socket in achannel-bar, for example.

In Fig. 6 I have illustrated a slight modification of the form ofoutside or sash bar shown in Fig. 2 and just described. Under the formof construction shown in Fig. 6 the bar consists of a web member a whichenters a hollow cap-section 12 and extends from the inner face of anopposing cap-section 13". From the outer face of both capsections 12 and13 members a are carried in direction of each other and thenhorizontally outward, forming a tongue or entering member a, adapted tobe introduced into a recess in the sash-bar of the member of a frame towhich the device is to be applied.

web ta The constructions shown in all of the views are capable of beingbrought about readily by the manipulation of a single piece of material.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. In a supporting-bar for glass, tiling, &c., amultiple web, opposing tubular arched or dome-shaped cap-sectionsintegral with the longitudinal portions of the web members, the webmembers being so formed that one will enter a cap-section to strengthenand stiffen the same, for the purpose described.

2. In a supporting-bar for glass, tiling, &c., a single piece ofmaterial bent upon itself to form a compound web and upper and lowerhollow arched or dome-shaped cap-sections, a member of the web beingcarried into one of the cap-sections, as described.

3. A supporting-bar for glass, tiling, &c., consisting of a strip ofmetal bent upon itself, forming a web, comprising a multiple of parallelmembers and opposing arched or domeshaped cap-sections, members of thesaid web extending within the said cap-sections, for the purpose ofstrengthening and stiffening the same, as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEONARD SBORIGI.

Witnesses:

J. FRED. AOKER, EVERARD B. MARSHALL.

